Tuesday, March 13, 2018

Article Excerpt: "... It was his book A Brief History Of Time that cemented his position as one of the best-known scientists of his time, however.
It was turned down by more than 20 publishers before Bantam Press released it in 1988.
Hawking's first attempt to write a popular book about the physics and the universe's ..."

Saturday, September 2, 2017

Article Excerpt: "... In the years since its publication in 1988, Stephen Hawking's A Brief History Of Time has established itself as a landmark volume in scientific writing. It has become an international publishing phenomenon, translated into forty languages and selling over nine million copies. The book was on the cutting edge of what was then known about the nature of the universe, but since that time there have been extraordinary advances in the technology of macrocosmic worlds. These observations have confirmed many of Professor Hawking's theoretical predictions in the first edition of his book, including the recent ..."